Edited by John Brockman, publisher of Advantage.org, Thinking presents first ideas by today’s leading psychologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers who are radically expanding our knowledge of human thought.

-Daniel Kahneman about the energy (and pitfalls) of human intuition and ‘unconscious’ pondering.

-Daniel Gilbert about desire, prediction, and just why getting what we want doesn’t always make us happy.

-Nassim Nicholas Taleb around the limitations of figures in guiding decision-making.

-Vilayanur Ramachandran around the medical underpinnings of human being nature.

-Simon Baron-Cohen around the startling ramifications of testosterone in the brain.

-Daniel C. Dennett on decoding the structures of the ‘regular’ human mind.

-Sarah-Jayne Blakemore about mental disorders and the key developmental phase of adolescence.

-Jonathan Haidt, Sam Harris, and Roy Baumeister for the science of morality, ethics, and the emerging synthesis of evolutionary and biological thinking.

-Gerd Gigerenzer in rationality and what informs our choices.